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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When a second-grader says that he is bored, that mostly means, "I have to do stuff that I don't want to do, and I don't get to do stuff that I do want to do."[/quote]

+1!  (my kids would say he was "bored" -- still does, but he tests at the top of the class in standardized test and in the subject matter school tests).  OP --- what are your child's test scores?[/quote]

+2  My kid is mcps HGC program.  DC is not "top of class" in everything, but obviously bright.  To DC, school is boring sometimes because DC doesn't like the subject matter (like social studies). DC would rather be home playing video games.  I tell DC this is life -- not everything is fun and exciting. There are certain things about school that DC likes, so I tell DC, you have to take the good with the bad. Just do the best that you can, even if it's boring.  DC sometimes gets less than stellar grades in things like social studies; I don't sweat it even though I know DC can probably do better.

I remember hating certain subjects in school, and not doing well in those subjects.  And I do think a great teacher does make it less boring.[/quote]

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